I had an idea for a sort-of apocalyptic feel, but instead of focusing on the antichrist, or stuff like that, it should focus on the Horsemen. The ideas were that war was the son of a CEO of an Weapons manufacturing company, Pestilence is the Pope, Famine is a model, and Death is a med student. And this would've been the theme song.

DMZ DEATH:There is no way the Hulk could work on network TV. The 70's cheese is the only reason the original succeeded.

the only reason it's cheese is because you're looking back on it.at the time, it was played straight and worked. There would be a way to do it, but I think it would involve a lot of Banner and very little Hulk.And that worked for Smallville for 10 years, so they could do it....If done well.

I'd be excited but I'm far too jaded. Nowadays with Sci-Fi (Sorry, SyFy) centering on wrestling, and The Learning Channel all scraping the bottom of the barrel (and after the master himself, Ridley Scott put out the crappiest prequel to Alien known to man with Prometheus), all I'm expecting this time is Steampunk Honey Boo Boo.

I liked Gotham Central - I'm 1% hopeful that they could make that into a show - not necessarily had to be set in the Batman universe (but I'd buy more tv's and turn them all on just to make ratings if they would). Just a police procedural show with supervillians, crazy robbery and stuff

I'd rather have a Hollywood movie of Eyes of the Dragon than a SyFy miniseries. It's a lot shorter than the Stand was; 2.5 hours would be more than enough time to do it properly. And somehow I can't imagine Hollywood screwing it up as badly as I suspect SyFy would.

I'd rather have a Hollywood movie of Eyes of the Dragon than a SyFy miniseries. It's a lot shorter than the Stand was; 2.5 hours would be more than enough time to do it properly. And somehow I can't imagine Hollywood screwing it up as badly as I suspect SyFy would.

I'd enjoy an Eyes of the Dragon movie as long as it's not done by Uwe Boll.

I had an idea for a sort-of apocalyptic feel, but instead of focusing on the antichrist, or stuff like that, it should focus on the Horsemen. The ideas were that war was the son of a CEO of an Weapons manufacturing company, Pestilence is the Pope, Famine is a model, and Death is a med student. And this would've been the theme song.

So, Good Omens then?

Pestilence has been replaced with Pollution. Famine is a nutritionist that gets off on tiny serving sizes and convincing rich people the less they eat the better. War is a journalist/foreign correspondent who just happens to be there when fighting breaks out. Death plays himself.

I had an idea for a sort-of apocalyptic feel, but instead of focusing on the antichrist, or stuff like that, it should focus on the Horsemen. The ideas were that war was the son of a CEO of an Weapons manufacturing company, Pestilence is the Pope, Famine is a model, and Death is a med student. And this would've been the theme song.

So, Good Omens then?

Pestilence has been replaced with Pollution. Famine is a nutritionist that gets off on tiny serving sizes and convincing rich people the less they eat the better. War is a journalist/foreign correspondent who just happens to be there when fighting breaks out. Death plays himself.

Raug the Dwarf:Pestilence has been replaced with Pollution. Famine is a nutritionist that gets off on tiny serving sizes and convincing rich people the less they eat the better. War is a journalist/foreign correspondent who just happens to be there when fighting breaks out. Death plays himself.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a World Fantasy Award nominated novel written in collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

CygnusDarius:Raug the Dwarf: Pestilence has been replaced with Pollution. Famine is a nutritionist that gets off on tiny serving sizes and convincing rich people the less they eat the better. War is a journalist/foreign correspondent who just happens to be there when fighting breaks out. Death plays himself.

Good Omens: The Nice and Accurate Prophecies of Agnes Nutter, Witch (1990) is a World Fantasy Award nominated novel written in collaboration between the English authors Terry Pratchett and Neil Gaiman.

*Sigh* Always too late...

*kicks can*

Yup. Sorry, man. But I will recommend all of Gaimen's books, if you're so inclined. I haven't read one that I didn't like in some way. Even Neverwhere.

Hagbard23:nocturn: Gunny Highway: cgraves67: This is the first I've heard of American Gods. It sounds right up my alley. I'm gonna have to go read it.

Awesome book. Check out Good Omens too.

American Gods then Ananasi Boys then Good Omens. Give Neverwhere a miss.

I was told the exact opposite. I've started with Neverwhere and I really like it, so those other is will either hate or think they are AMAZING!!

I don't know if it can be done on HBO (or anywhere) that wouldn't be disappointing.

But to your point, read them and see what you think. American Gods is on its own, much darker than Anansi Boys. Good Omens is a marvelous mix of Pratchett and Gaiman.

I generally don't think of my self as much of a fanboy, but, truly, I have loved every single thing Neil Gaiman has put out. YMMV.

//just don't expect them all to be the same style/story/genre/stardust ≠ neverwhere ≠ american gods ≠ coraline ≠ sandman . . . etc.\\(although it can be argued that sandman with its massiveness contains elements that are in all the books . . .)

spelletrader:SpartacusHobbs: An HBO miniseries of American Gods sounds vaguely promising.

I'd rather have a Hollywood movie of Eyes of the Dragon than a SyFy miniseries. It's a lot shorter than the Stand was; 2.5 hours would be more than enough time to do it properly. And somehow I can't imagine Hollywood screwing it up as badly as I suspect SyFy would.

I'd enjoy an Eyes of the Dragon movie as long as it's not done by Uwe Boll.

Not super interested in "American Gods"...while I love a lot of Gaiman that book did nothing for me. But I loved Anansi Boys which had a simiilar concept. Go figure.

"Beautiful People" makes me think of "Time of Eve" with the humanoid robots being looked down upon. And then that makes because I want more "Time of Eve". Even if I have to wait 2 months between 10 minute episodes again!

I liked American Gods, and saw Anansi Boys as a sequel rather than a separate entity. I even liked Neverwhere, and Smoke & Mirrors is a good collection. What I am mildly surprised at is that Raymond Feist books haven't been plundered for ideas yet. I would watch something based on his stuff.

they're lying. it's just going to get worse. look at the amazing quantity of cheaply made talent free reality shows there are up and down the dial. and commercials that last 10 minutes which make you think your show is over and a 1/2 hr product show is on.

i'm going back to reading and listening to classical Frank Zappa recordings.

Slam Bradley:I liked Gotham Central - I'm 1% hopeful that they could make that into a show - not necessarily had to be set in the Batman universe (but I'd buy more tv's and turn them all on just to make ratings if they would).

Sadly, ratings do not work that way. They could, we've had the technology for at least a decade, but Nielsen just keeps doing things they same way they've been for 60 years. Small surveys and a handful of selected families that fill out a 'viewing diary' and send it back to the company. Then they take that incredibly small and very likely inaccurate sample size, assume it applies to the whole country, and boom - TV ratings.

The ABC drama is to revolve around a fifteen year old girl believed to be the reincarnated goddess of a South American religion, who becomes swept into a complex story of "family struggle, teen romance and California evil". We'll keep an eye out for more.

Yes, you do that. And if any of you happen to hear anything, feel free to keep it yourselves.